Toy animal



June 6, 1950 Filed 001;. 6, 1947 E. W. BAGGOTT TOY ANIMAL N L N 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

Edmund N Baggott ATTORNEYS Julie 6, 1950- Fild Oct. 6, 1947 v E. w.BAGGOTT 2,510,791

TOY ANIMAL I 2 Shee'ts-Sheet 2 u um) 31 I Edmund g. Baygofl v ATTORNEYSPatented June 6, 1950 V Applicat10i1%ct6 xhavingiacmovable. '1rsionorarmz-pivo te iristsaiidrespett oubledutyicam element-in oi'dBr1120'? pr duce. llternate dpening 'andrclosing' action oit'theIowan-jaw. 7 ::Another fobjectrjo Tithe?invention ti rgthe*provision 'ofa toy animal" of thet character indicated y; F "having amovable;preferablysegmentedftail, por- "35 sideqthereot, Suppltion"totwhichmotionrnaybe'impartedisimultaneouslyi with the mo ement:of j the legs ofthedtoy animal as theaniinal isidrawn' orzpnlledialongiasupporting surface to simulatethe "p1ay?f0r swi's'hi'ng ab'tionof'tHetaiI'of the animal simulatedflobie tlisra gieyed y pr idin a leveror extension"on-"the pivoted, rear leg-supilporting member of thetcyeyer extension extends rearwardly ,ior .p -alternately i xte sides githe movable ld thrusting against; oppgs' tai1 portion as "said leg-smember is acv,stuat'e' by the respective cam elements of tlie'rear BX Ejjjlhe'fo'regoing objects as welf as additi'g; ff; fleets "andadvantages oft'he "inventi6n""w111 "b readily understood in the courseof the following detailed description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of theinvention, and wherein:

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posed forward azpini g. s cl ar- F a-1%; n mortinsme hfit d'ww'ith a 20protruding late the to 'i' ig i i yaT125? "a ext ndi grrearwan r qwar zalefl 7 ternate engagernent'bycam-elements 2 l and 1 2M tending'as I pngi-tudinalaxis'ofthe toy-body as 'best showwin Figs: '1 and 3,-ifor"-Ta purpose to be hereinafter described. It will be noted that wheelopening Ilia extends continuously across the bottom of base portion H!to Fig. 1 is a plan view of a toy body incorporating 55 provideclearance for cam elements 2| and 2| a The rear axle 22 carries a pairof wheels 23- and cam elements 24 disposed at opposite ends of said rearaxle in openings 23d. An oscillatory leg-supporting member 25 iscentrally pivoted to an integral boss 26 of base 16 disposed rearwardlyof axle 22 as by means of a pivot pin 2'! and said supporting member 25is formed with a pair of rear legs 28 protruding laterally from the toybody on each side thereof. 25 is further provided with a pair oflongitudinal, projections 25a extending forwardly toward'rear axle 22for alternate engagement by cam elements 24 to produce reciprocatingmovement'of rear legs 28 as the toy body is drawn along a supportingsurface in a manner similar to that initially described for front legs20. Supporting member 25 may be further provided with a medial rearwardextension 252) for a purpose to be hereinafter indicated. As seen inFig. 3, a T-shaped opening 23a is formed on'each side of base portion 19for the protrusion of each wheel 23 and to'provide clearance for eachcam element 24 as rearaxle 22 rotates.

A movable lower-jaw 29 may beprovided to cooperate with larger ordouble-duty cam element 2 la of front axle l3 in such a manner astoalternately open and close said lower jaw 29 against fixed upper jawl2, simultaneously with the reciprocating movement of front legs 20. Toachieve this, end movable jaw 29 is provided with a medial rearwardextension or lever 30 pivoted in any suitablemanner to base portion l0.Thus,

as best shown in Fig. 4, rearward extensions 30 may be formedwith an.integralbearing lug .3I pivoted by meansof a pin 32 between ap ir ofintegral bearing shoulders 33 formedon base portion I9 forwardly ofintegral boss I8. Lever or extension 38 must beof sufiicient lengthto beintermittently actuated by cam element 2m duringthe rotation of frontaxle l3 and front wheels I6. Thus as. lever 30 is raisedby cam element2|a the lower. jaw 29 will movedownwardly to' open position as shown inbroken outline in Fig. 4. In order to tilt lever. 36. to close lower'jaw29 after cam element 2la has temporarily passed outof engagement withsaid lever. 30 pending the 1 next successive engagement between said camelement 2| and said lever 30, the free end ofsaid lever 30 is formedwith a heavy enlargement .34 servingtoco'unterweight lower jaw 29. Thedouble-duty cam 2la abuts and operates arm 30 while the single-duty cam2| oscillates the front leg-supporting member H.

The toy body may be provided with a movable, preferably segmented tailportion 35 comprising a plurality of segments 36. Each'segment 36 may beprovided with a reduced annular shoulder 31 upon which an adjoiningsegment 36 may be mounted by means of a respectivelpivot pin 38. Theforward edges 36a of each segment 36 are preferably angularly inclinedto' allow pivotal motion 'of segments 36 about their respective pivots33. The front'segment 36 is pivotally secured by means of arespective-pivot pin 38 to an annular shoulder lBa which is formed atthe rear end of base portion ill/The medial rearward extension 25b, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4, is of sufficient length to projectwithin the front segment 36' of tail'portion 35. Thus, as the toybody'is dra'wn along 'a supporting surface Supporting member andleg-supporting member 25 is oscillated by cam elements 24, the free endof extension 2512 will alternately thrust against opposite sides offront segment 36 to impart movement to the tail portion 35 in simulationof the play or the toy body of the invention without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the foregoingdescription and shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted merelyas illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

'Number A What is claimed is:

1. A toy animal which comprises a body, an axle turnably connected tosaid body, supporting wheels connected to said axle, a horizontaloscillatory leg-supporting member pivotally connected bya vertical pivotpin to said body forwardly of said axle, said body having a head whichhas an upper jaw which is fixed to said body, said head having a lowerjaw which is fixed to a longitudinal and rearwardly extending arm whichis pivoted to said body by a horizontal pivot pin which is locatedforwardly of said vertical pivot pin, said arm. having .a weight whichnormally holds said lower jaw in closed'position, said front axle havinga .pair of cams, said leg-supporting member having rearwardly extendinglugs, said cams being shaped and mounted to alternately contactwith saidlugs to oscillate said leg-supporting member about said vertical pivotpin, one of said cams being a double-duty cam of sufiicient lengthandbeing shaped and located to also intermittently turn said arm tointermittently move said lower jaw to open position.

2. A toy animal according to claim 1, in which said double duty cam isshaped and located to abutan'd turn said arm while said double-duty camis spaced fromthe respective lug.

"43.; A toy animal which comprises a body, an "axle turnably'mounted insaid body, supporting 1 wheels connected to said body, an oscillatoryrear leg-supporting member pivoted to said body by 'ayertical pivot'pinrearwardly of said axle, said axlehavinjg cam means adapted tooscillatesaid leg-supporting member, said leg-supporting memher" havinga rearward tail-operating extension, a tail which comprises a pluralityof segments, tlie' front segment being' honow'ami being'conriected tosaid body by a vertical pivot pin, each segment after the front segmentbeing connected bya verti'cal'pivot pinto the next forwardly precedingsegment, said extension being located "in said front segment and beingshaped to oscil- "late said front segment.

" EDMUND BAGGOTT.

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"Name a s Date r 1,614,829 Conlon Jan. 18, 1927 1-,699,139 Fllld Jan.15, 1929 -1,791,4o1-- -Compton Feb. 3, 1931

